Round 1
GM Onischuk is a pawn up in a Rook and Pawn endgame while GM Akobian is better in a Queen – Bishop vs. Queen – Knight endgame.
Update: GM Onischuk just displayed his excellent endgame technique to give the U.S. a 2-1 lead.
Update 2: GM Akobian also was able to convert his endgame. U.S. team wins 3-1.
| 1.2 | 2 | TURKIYE | – | 9 | UNITED STATES | ||
| 1 | GM | Haznedaroglu Kivanc | 2498 | 0-1 |
GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2708 |
| 2 | IM | Yilmaz Mustafa | 2478 | 0:1 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | 2670 |
| 3 | IM | Can Emre | 2442 | 1-0 |
GM | Shulman Yuri | 2624 |
| 4 | IM | Esen Baris | 2513 | 0-1 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | 2628 |
Live games here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Looks like Akobian also successfully converted his endgame.
Akobian won.
Thanks Susan i just went through the top guys games, not bad! Um realizing i dont know everything.